Which Adverse Events are Associated with Mortality and Prolonged Length of Stay Following Colorectal Surgery?

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1485-1493

  Ricciardi, Rocco ^a   Roberts, Patricia L ^a   Read, Thomas E ^a   Hall, Jason F ^a   Marcello, Peter W ^a   Schoetz, David J ^a  

^a LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal surgery; Complication; Morbidity; Mortality; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COLON; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECTUM; RISK FACTOR; SEPTIC SHOCK; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

COLON; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECTUM; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; RISK FACTORS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880122265     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-013-2224-3     Document Type: Article

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